Striped Camellias by Ogawa Kazumasa Photography-Japanese the flat color fields and

the flat color fields and clean contours of Bodart's illustration are reproduced with crisp definition

and vivid colour palette are reproduced with exceptional sharpness and clarity

Kandinsky believed colour and form could function like music

The illustration balances contemporary flatness with an almost tactile richness

Striped Camellias by Ogawa Kazumasa Photography-Japanese the flat color fields andOgawa Kazumasa photographed striped camellias with the eye of a naturalist and the sensibility of an artist. Each bloom is rendered in exquisite detail the irregular stripe patterns on the petals appear almost painted, yet are entirely botanical. The image sits within the tradition of Meiji era Japanese botanical photography, where Western technique was absorbed and refined into something distinctly Japanese: composed, unhurried, precise. Cool, even